Mr. Landrum has 28 years experience in the design, engineering, construction, operations, and commercial management of upstream and midstream facilities. His expertise includes natural gas and NGL markets, gathering and pipeline transportation, gas processing and treating, and end use consumption. He has related experience in LNG, GTL, power generation, crude oil and refined products, renewable fuels, supply chain logistics, and petrochemicals production. Mr. Landrum’s typical client engagements have involved market analyses, technology assessment, technical and economic feasibility studies, project evaluations, due diligence reviews for oil and gas asset acquisitions, field development and optimization studies, and contract disputes/audits.
Prior to joining Exponent, Mr. Landrum was Vice President – Gas Processing for Syntroleum Gas Resources Corporation. While at Syntroleum, he worked to apply advanced gas processing technologies for both onshore projects and floating production systems with an emphasis on gas monetization, gas flaring reduction, and conditioning of gas to meet required pipeline or end use specifications. Earlier in his career, Mr. Landrum worked for several different natural gas production and transportation companies, including affiliates of Sun Oil Company. His operations experience includes CO2 removal and injection at a large enhanced oil recovery project in West Texas.
Co-Generation Project, Russia—Engaged by the project sponsor as Independent Engineer to conduct technical due diligence on behalf of the financial advisor related to bridge financing for a gas turbine combined-cycle power station project in West Siberia.
Gas Plant Equipment Failure Analysis, Canada—Rendered an expert opinion in litigation involving operating upsets and corrosion in an amine acid gas treating unit, gas processing plant balances, and loss of marketable hydrocarbons.
Economic Feasibility Studies, Middle East—Directed teams analyzing proposed projects to utilize GTL technology to co-produce synthetic liquid fuels, electricity, and desalinated water from stranded natural gas resources.
Preliminary Investment Analyses, Russia—Assessed prospective locations for the processing of flared associated gas and stranded natural gas to extract condensate and natural gas liquids (NGL) and to produce synthetic liquid fuels using GTL technology on behalf of the state-owned gas monopoly and two major oil companies.
LNG Supply-Demand Study—Analyzed the future competitive price structure and demand for LNG delivered to the East Coast of the U.S.
Gas Storage Facility, Hungary—Consultant on the expansion of surface plant and equipment for an underground gas storage facility.
Operations Optimization Review, South Australia—Made recommendations to the field operator on ways to improve reliability, reduce costs, and best undertake an expansion of gas treating and liquids extraction facilities in the Cooper Basin.
Gas Gathering Business Acquisition—Advised a partnership comprised of an Indian tribe and a major investment group in the successful purchase of the stock of the gas gathering subsidiary of a Colorado public utility. The company formed provides gathering and treating services to producers of coal seam and conventional gas reserves in the San Juan Basin.
Audit of Gas Purchase Agreements, Texas—Determined the monthly heat content reduction on wellhead gas deliveries over a period of several years attributable to third-party compression, gathering, and processing facility operations in Southeast Texas for a utility’s fuel purchasing arm. The audit resulted in a $65 million settlement in favor of the client.
Gas Processing Agreement Audit, Texas—Evaluated the accounting procedures utilized by a gas plant operator processing a major producer’s gas with deliveries averaging over 200 MMScf per day to ensure that settlement was being made in accordance with the contract terms. Determined the value of the adjustments required to retroactively correct for errors discovered, and negotiated the terms of a resolution between the parties.
Expert Witness on Gas Treating Plant Incident, Texas—Rendered an opinion during legal proceedings on accepted safety standards, industry best practices, and the sequence of events surrounding an operational upset at an acid gas removal facility that resulted in the delivery of gas containing excessive H2S into a local gas distribution network.